Prasad was taken to private hospital in city where he was given two stitches on the head and discharged late on Friday night. His PA Bhola Yadav said that the accident occurred at around 10 PM when his car was crossing a pantoon bridge near Kachchi Dargah on way to Raghopur.

The vehicle got stuck in the middle of the bridge and due to a sudden jerk, the windshield broke. Shards of glass then hit Prasad who was sitting on the front seat, Yadav said. His condition was stable and he would proceed on his party programme later in the day, the PA said.

The RJD chief, who is busy preparing for the party's ambitious Parivartan Rally in Patna on May 15, was going to Raghopur to meet the families hit by a major fire that broke out in the area on Thursday.